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- mass noun a Bantu language widely used as a lingua franca in East Africa and having official status in several countries. There are probably fewer than 2 million native speakers, but it is in everyday use by over 20 million.斯瓦希里语（非洲东部作为通用语广泛使用的一种班图语, 在几个国家都已成为官方语言; 大概有不足200万本族语使用者, 但日常使用者有2,000多万人）。亦称KISWAHILI.
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- a member of a people of Zanzibar and nearby coastal regions, descendants of the original speakers of Swahili斯瓦希里人（桑给巴尔岛及其附近沿海地区的人, 是斯瓦希里语原使用者的后代）。
- of or relating to this language or to the people who are its native speakers（与）斯瓦希里语（有关）的; （与）斯瓦希里人（有关）的。
词源
from Arabic sawāil, plural of sāil 'coast'.